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Chat with Bali Zero on WhatsAppIndonesia's Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar) is leading a targeted push to accelerate the adoption of the revised Klasifikasi Baku Lapangan Usaha Indone
Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism (Kemenpar) is leading a targeted push to accelerate the adoption of the revised Klasifikasi Baku Lapangan Usaha Indonesia (KBLI) 2025, directing tourism businesses to update their registrations through the Online Single Submission (OSS) system administered by the Investment Ministry (BKPM/BKPM-RI).
The KBLI 2025 reform consolidated Indonesia's business classification system from approximately 1,789 codes under the prior 2017 edition to 1,559 codes in the current version, issued under Government Regulation PP 28/2025. The rationalization eliminated redundancies and realigned sector codes with contemporary economic activity, including digital and tourism sub-sectors that were previously underspecified.
For the tourism sector, the transition carries practical weight. Hotels, villas, travel agents, tour operators, restaurants, spas, and related businesses hold their operating permits — including the NIB (Nomor Induk Berusaha) and sector-specific izin — tied to a specific KBLI code. When the code system changes, businesses must ensure their OSS records reflect the correct 2025 equivalents, or risk holding a NIB that references a deprecated classification.
The OSS system has built an automatic conversion pathway for many KBLI code transitions, allowing existing permit-holders to migrate without reapplying from scratch. However, the Ministry of Tourism's public guidance indicates that the automatic conversion does not cover every case — certain tourism sub-sectors require manual verification or updated supporting documents before the reclassification is confirmed.
The transition window opened when PP 28/2025 came into effect on 18 December 2025, with a six-month adaptation period — placing the compliance deadline in mid-June 2026. Businesses that have not completed their KBLI migration by that threshold may find their licensing status flagged during routine OSS compliance checks or during inspections by local government offices (Dinas Pariwisata).
This is not a bureaucratic formality — it is a licensing integrity issue. In Bali's tourism sector, where a significant share of operators are PT PMA entities with foreign shareholders, any gap betwee
n the registered KBLI code and the actual business activity creates a regulatory exposure that can surface during inspections, LKPM reporting, or when applying for permit renewals.
We have seen cases
where clients inherited an incorrect KBLI at company formation — often because the original consultant selected a generic hospitality code rather than the most precise match. KBLI 2025 is an opportunity to correct those misalignments, but only if the operator actively engages with OSS rather than assuming the automatic conversion handled everything.
For clients operating in grey-area categories — villa rentals with restaurant facilities, surf schools with accommodation, digital nomad co-working spaces — the 2025 codes offer more granular classification options that better fit hybrid business models. Getting the KBLI right now protects against the 'wrong sector' argument that Indonesian authorities occasionally raise during enforcement actions.
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